Years spent ( Read more... )

My wish for you my dear is thus: that you take a deep swim in the cosmic sea and are cleansed of all your hurts and sins and not-good-enoughs. That you emerge, bright eyed and awestruck, filled with a sense of hope so profound no one may steal it from you; a sense of you so strong you never lose sight of it. May your scars now begin to heal. May ( Read more... )

She carries too many burdens ( Read more... )

I am not a consolation prize, nor am I or ever have been, someone to “settle for.” I’m the whole goddam prize and dating me would be like winning the lottery.

I distinctly remember sitting on the bed in the room I would be sharing with a roommate that had just been assigned to me. The lady who was doing my intake was asking me questions, and the one that stumped me was “name 3 things you like about yourself”. I was suddenly at a complete loss. After all, why would I even be there to begin with if I * ( Read more... )

I'm going to make this coming year the best one yet. Realize my dreams and chase them tenaciously and also come into my self and open in love and realize my full potential ( Read more... )

I'm a little bit embarrased by my thoughts and feelings lately. I mean, I never did the emo thing, and I sure as fuck don't want to start now. I might be hurt, but i'm done obsessing. Pain is okay. They say growth comes through pain.

I think i'm a little overdue for some nice angry-girl music, though.

Today I have 9 months clean and sober. How did I do it ( Read more... )

Life. I know i'm here for a purpose, but I don't get why life has to be so hard sometimes. It seems there's not enough of a balance in my life of the good/bad. I know, I know, part of that's my fault for not being the captain of my own ship. I'm working on it. Or at least i've devised a plan to deal with it ( Read more... )

I'm finally getting over this nasty cold. It started out as a sore throat and cough, then moved into my chest. Now i'm coughing up all the junk. I switched to menthols a few days ago, and although normally I hate 'em, they hit the spot now ( Read more... )